[Kde-pim] Reply to Author != Reply to Author ?

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Tuesday 29 September 2009, Martin Koller wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> When I use kmail -> Reply To Author, currently there is some Reply-To
> handling in the code (kmmessage.cpp).
> I ask myself: why is this done ?
> When I explicitely select to reply to the author, then wouldn't it be
> enough to use the "from" address for the reply ?

The RFCs say that a mail client should prefer the Reply-To address over 
the From address. Usually, the author did specify a different Reply-To 
address for a purpose.


> With the current implementation, I have the following problem:
>
> I make a comment on bugs.kde.org.
> Someone replies to that comment on bko, I receive a mail which has a
> Reply-To header "Reply-To: bug-control at bugs.kde.org" and a From
> header of the comment writer.
>
> I want to send the author of that comment another comment in private
> mail, so I select "Reply To Author", but: kmail still wants to send
> to bug-control at bugs.kde.org

I suggest to remove the Reply-To header from incoming Bugzilla messages.


Regards,
Ingo
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